Man pages specification ?

2008-04-13 Thread Sylvain
Hello ! I'm searching for man pages specification but I could'nt find it on the net, most of the commands (.TH, .SH, .PP, \fB, \fP, ...) are comprehensible but I need full specification. Can you help me please ? Best regards

Re: Man pages specification ?

2008-04-14 Thread Sylvain
I haven't seen section 7 for man which give all specifications. Thanks 2008/4/13 Javier Barroso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Sylvain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello ! > > > > I'm searching for man pages sp

System hangs due to NFS share

2012-01-23 Thread Sylvain
ed different network managers (wicd, network-manager), different ways to connect (wifi, wired), and different mount options (using a hard nfs mount, specifying the retry option) but that didn't help. I really don't know what to try next and this is really driving me mad. Thanks, Sylvain

Re: System hangs due to NFS share

2012-01-23 Thread Sylvain
2012/1/23 Frank : > On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:15 +0100, Sylvain wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an NFS share mounted on my Debian testing computer with default >> mount options. It works fine but as soon as my computer loses network >> access or the NAS is disconnected

Re: System hangs due to NFS share

2012-01-23 Thread Sylvain
2012/1/23 Frank : > On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 11:47 +0100, Sylvain wrote: > >> I already tried this option too, but it didn't help. Also according to >> the manpage: >> >> > The intr / nointr mount option is deprecated after kernel 2.6.25.  Only >> > S

Re: Clipboard issues

2012-01-24 Thread Sylvain
s fine. > > thanks all I think that's the normal behaviour of X (as strange as it seems). You can install a clipboard manager (such as parcellite) to keep the contents of the clipboard after your application has been closed. Sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: System hangs due to NFS share

2012-01-24 Thread Sylvain
On 24. 01. 12 09:28, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 24/01/12 18:50, Sylvain wrote: I tried to SIGKILL the [nfsiod] process but it didn't get killed. I also tried to kill the various rpcbind processes but it didn't change anything. I also tried autofs as Scott suggested, but the same probl

Re: System hangs due to NFS share

2012-01-28 Thread Sylvain
On 24. 01. 12 22:41, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 25/01/12 04:50, Sylvain wrote: On 24. 01. 12 09:28, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 24/01/12 18:50, Sylvain wrote: I tried to SIGKILL the [nfsiod] process but it didn't get killed. I also tried to kill the various rpcbind processes but it didn

Re: Python

2012-02-01 Thread Sylvain
want to do web development using Python, do yourself a favour and look at http://killer-web-development.com and http://www.web2py.com. Regards Johann Also be sure to check out this web framework too, one of the best I've ever worked with: https://www.djangoproject.com/. Cheers, Sylvain

Insserv overrides

2012-02-02 Thread Sylvain
e override file into account? How can I check that the override file is used? Thanks, Sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f2b7d35.8060...@gmail.com

Re: Insserv overrides

2012-02-08 Thread Sylvain
On 03. 02. 12 12:18, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 07:22:45AM +0100, Sylvain wrote: Hello, I have a setup in which the slim display manager logs in automatically and then starts a program (thanks to the .xinitrc file). This program needs dbus to work correctly and at the moment

Re: [OT] Using dvorak

2012-02-08 Thread Sylvain
On 08. 02. 12 09:41, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Now I always thought I need to exchange keycaps to actually use and learn dvorak. It seems to be possible with my ThinkPad keyboards and the other keyboards I have, but now I learn that its not even necessary. Not only it's unnecessary, but it's di

Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-13 Thread Sylvain
that won't work since chroot is done after the authentication has completed. Right now I'm a bit confused by the way chroot seems to work with users. I'd be grateful if someone had an idea on how to do have an ssh instance running on a specific port and allowing only certain user

Re: Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-14 Thread Sylvain
2012/2/14 Rob Owens : > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:26:54AM +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> Hello Sylvain, >> >> Sylvain wrote: >> >Right now I'm a bit confused by the way chroot seems to work with users. >> >I'd be grateful if someone had an idea o

How to report a bug related to multiple packages (insserv, autofs, backuppc)

2012-03-06 Thread Sylvain
anks for your advice, Sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJwBQFNR=CNtB43SE=-ggizrl8ehqeqgsfruawskjkqmjj8...@mail.gmail.com

Re: How to report a bug related to multiple packages (insserv, autofs, backuppc)

2012-03-06 Thread Sylvain
, and autofs doen't have anything to do with backuppc so I don't think it should be included in backuppc's init script. 2012/3/6 Camaleón : > On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:35:21 +0100, Sylvain wrote: > >> I installed backuppc the other day, configured it and it works fine >> e

Re: How to report a bug related to multiple packages (insserv, autofs, backuppc)

2012-03-07 Thread Sylvain
problem is you first have to solve the problem. :-) Cheers, Sylvain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJwBQFNYny=wdQUBKPCi_Mc4bN1-R=kkU_=T=oftvzlbdnv...@mail.gmail.com

Re: [Woody] boot-floppies package?

2003-08-14 Thread Sylvain Briole
loppies in your favorite mirror? I did not try it. I have searched into : http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/ and also with : http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages Regards, Sylvain/Eclice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Woody] boot-floppies package?

2003-08-14 Thread Sylvain Briole
Hello all, I am currently using Debian Woody and I need to create my own "boot/root" floppies set in order to install it on an other computer. I have read the doc provided by : http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-kernel.en.html#s-custombootdisk But I can not find any "boot-floppies" pa

[Woody] Rescue/boot floppy for custom 2.4.21 kernel?

2003-08-19 Thread Sylvain Briole
cal/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21.orig/arch/i386/boot' Why is my kernel a lot bigger than the original Debian one? Onto : http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4/ The kernel (linux.bin) is only 1.2M! I thank you in advance for any advice/help, Regards,

Re: [Woody] Rescue/boot floppy for custom 2.4.21 kernel?

2003-08-19 Thread Sylvain Briole
oot device is (7, 7) >> Boot sector 512 bytes. >> Setup is 4804 bytes. >> System is 1450 kB >> warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy >> make[1]: Leaving directory >> `/usr/local/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21.orig/arch/i386/boot' Regards,

[Initrd][Grub] Kernel panic

2003-09-06 Thread Sylvain Briole
pour votre aide, 8h que je tourne et je vire sur cette installation! :-( A+, Eclice. -- Sylvain Briole (a.k.a. Eclice) E-Technik Doktorand / München EMail : sbriole (à) free.fr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fwd: [Initrd][Grub] Kernel panic

2003-09-06 Thread Sylvain Briole
Hello all, Sorry for this message that should be posted onto debian.user.french! Thanks, Eclice. -- Sylvain Briole (a.k.a. Eclice) E-Technik Doktorand / München EMail : sbriole (à) free.fr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

finding package configuration parameter

2002-12-13 Thread Sylvain Viart
e examples, but I would like to know if it exists some better way than apt-get source packagename and diving into packaging system configuration files ? Regards, -- Sylvain Viart__[espace administrateur système

USR Courier-I installation & gateway configuration

1999-01-15 Thread Sylvain Lamole
d help me to install and configure this Linux station as an Internet gateway with firewall features. I must say I am fed up with NT Servers and softwares like WinGate... not enough efficient! Could somebody give me information about that all? Thanks in advance.

Re: Newbie

1997-06-04 Thread Sylvain Briole
Hello Rick, > 2. Any suggestions as to steps for getting X up and running? xf86config startx Amicalement, Sylvain. -- Sylvain Briole SysOp d'Happy Hour II BBS / Eclice B.B.S. * Lille | Nord | France

Problem with sendfax?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
'/dev/ttyS0'... OK. sendfax: cannot set fax station ID So : what can I do? I thank you in advance for your answer(s), Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet : 2:322/20

Why is pine so slow?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
Hello all, I use Debian 1.2/Linux 2.0.29 and the Pine 3.96 package. But, when I send mail with it, it is very slow (it takes about 1 ou 2 minutes to send a message). I thank you in advance for your answer(s), Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S.

Problem with mtab?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
nd it runs. But, I have to delete this mtab~ at each boot. I have three computer running Debian, and it is the only one with this problem. Any idea? Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet

reload .bash_profile in xterm?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
t can I do? I thank you in advance for your answer(s), Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20137288 NetMail FidoNet : 2:322/20 | Lille - Nord - France NetMail FrancoMedia : 101:176/114 | E

Re: Why is pine so slow?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
Hello Colin, > sendmail-path=/usr/lib/sendmail -oem -t -oi > This made my pine lightning fast without the possible problems of using > the background sending option. It runs! But I haven't any problem with the background sending option : what are they? Thanx. Sylvain.

Re: Why is pine so slow?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
Hello Lindsay, > 1. define an smtp host > 2. enable background sending I have defined an smtp host (localhost) and enabled background sending, but the problem is the same The solution is in the sendmail-config parameter in the .pinerc file (as said on this mailing list). Thanx. S

Re: Problem with mtab?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
be there are other mount calls, like the nfs mount one.). msdos: fs not supported by the kernel But : I have msdos-fs in the kernel : it is a module! Thanx for the help, Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-201

Re: problems with PCMCIA network card 3COM 3C589D

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
om Corporation", "3C589D" bind "3c589_cs" Is your card recognized at boot? (it is perhaps a problem with the adresses : see /etc/pcmcia/config.opts) Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +33-3-20

Re: Problem with mtab?

1997-06-28 Thread Sylvain Briole
hen I log in as root > The /etc/init.d/boot file I have comes with sysvinit version 2.71-2 that was > installed with Debian 1.3. Mine is 2.69-1 : I will try to update Thanx, Sylvain. Sylvain Briole | SysOp d'Eclice B.B.S. EMail InterNet

Re: where is zlib?

2005-06-21 Thread Sylvain Briole
Hi! > Please help me to find out "zlib" library's location. http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages Keyword : zlib I would say : zlib1g and zlib1g-dev packages. Sylvain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&qu

Rescue disk?

2005-06-21 Thread Sylvain Briole
ir problem with MBR/Grub : but I am not looking for such a solution, but only a convenient method to boot on a CD and then use /dev/hda1 as root. I thank you in advance for any tip, Sylvain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrading security-related packages (eg. clamav, chkrootkit)

2005-06-21 Thread Sylvain Briole
tes/ ch-whats-new.en.html#s-volatile Sylvain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rescue disk?

2005-06-22 Thread Sylvain Briole
VFS : Cannot open root device "0301" or unknown block(3,1) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic : VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block(3,1) Thanks, Sylvain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing .deb files

2000-11-27 Thread Defresne Sylvain
leave others packages quiet. > I only want to update (or to install a deb-file downloaded from ftp or from > cd-rom) one or two packages, and I want to use dselect. Furthermore I want > to use my old distribution. > how can I do this ? Hope this help -- DEFRESNE Sylvain deborphan

Re: XFree 4 connection prob

2000-11-27 Thread Defresne Sylvain
upposed to do?). I can't find an option > in my XF86Config file or anything else that could make X behave this way... Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Purging a package with apt (was: Re: Q: Why 24 depth/not 32?)

2000-11-29 Thread Defresne Sylvain
Hi * Rogerio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Nov 28 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: > > apt-get remove xdm > > dpkg --purge xdm > > Just do: > > apt-get --purge xdm > It should be : apt-get --purge remove xdm Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: apt-get libgnomeprint

2000-12-01 Thread Defresne Sylvain
> continue with either apt-get upgrade or apt-get install. thank you. If you want APT to invoke DPKG with the `--force-overwrite' option, you have to add the following lines to your /etc/apt/apt.conf file: DPkg { Options {"--force-overwrite";} } Good luck -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: XF86Config Missing

2000-12-02 Thread Defresne Sylvain
em-core' depend on this three package so if it is installed you have them. Hope this help -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Kernel error

2000-12-02 Thread Defresne Sylvain
m I doing something wrong here? Thanks for any help on this matter... Hope this help -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: where is mkfontdir? bleah...

2000-12-04 Thread Defresne Sylvain
27; from the `fttools' package. > where can i find this utility? > > thanks! > pete Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain pgpsFOFdKVEl5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: rpm -qf /path/somefile equivalent in debian

2000-12-06 Thread Defresne Sylvain
e knows I'd really appreciate the answer.. > > THX in advance! Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: OT:postgres user to beging using PostgreSQL?

2000-12-07 Thread Defresne Sylvain
everybody without giving a password. > Any hint to help me out of my confusion is really welcome Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: dselect vs apt-get

2000-12-08 Thread Defresne Sylvain
use `dselect-upgrade' action. > i would think that the answers should be yes, yes, and yes. but i've read > things that hint otherwise. I think this is no, no and no. > thanks! > pete Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain pgpHjrb4tSNXm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: putting packages on hold

2000-12-09 Thread Defresne Sylvain
'm sure theres some way of doing it > with dpkg. the manpage for dpkg says that 'hold' is a flag you can set > for a package but doesn't say how to do it. You can do: echo "packagename hold" | dpkg --set-selections > Can anyone help me out? > > johno Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Three Stupid X Questions...

2000-12-09 Thread Defresne Sylvain
em to work. You need to install the `gtk-engines-pixmap' package. > All of this automagically worked before, but a new hd was required, so I'm > starting all over again :-). Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: A few (simple) questions

2000-12-09 Thread Defresne Sylvain
do: adduser keiichi audio The user can now acces /dev/dsp (he may need to logout and login before). Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: startx -- client arguments not respected

2000-12-09 Thread Defresne Sylvain
pt > . /etc/X11/Xsession > > ...which makes me suspect that it's Xsession which is at fault. Or am I > missing something. > > Anyone else noticing and/or trying to trace this issue? Don't know who is the culprit, I just give the whole path and it works... Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain pgpwEDf4JQ2Zh.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Window Maker

2000-12-11 Thread Defresne Sylvain
top to show (and fade) when switching of desktop... It also fixes so problems (like the segmentation fault caused by the color selector of WPrefs.app) ... Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: X-Windows, Enlightenment, & Gnome

2000-12-11 Thread Defresne Sylvain
t-cache'. apt-cache search regexp will show every package that matche the regexp, apt-cache show packagename will show the detailed description of the package. > I have seen the apt-get update command but how to I view the output. > > Thanks for your assistance > > Chris Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: SCREENSHOT - what software/method to use

2000-12-12 Thread Defresne Sylvain
* Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am looking for screenshot program/method for X in debian > potato distribution. Just give me a pointer where I can find > how to do it. You can use scrot. > Please indicate that method/program is usable in 24 bit per pixel mode. > > Asking

Re: es1371

2000-12-12 Thread Defresne Sylvain
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/es1371 , but there's > scarcely any info in there. Try to see if it work with es1370, as SB128PCI can have a es1370 or es1371 chip. Try also to disable PnP Os in the BIOS. Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: bash tries to execute not existing binaries

2000-12-13 Thread Defresne Sylvain
olves this problem. > Is there a more elegant way to "rehash" the binary paths? Try settin the `checkhash' option of bash: shopt -s checkash So bash will look in the path each time the hashed program is not found. You can also type: hash -r That will clear the hash table used by bash. > Thanks, Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Today's woody update -- obsolete/local packages

2000-12-19 Thread Defresne Sylvain
-devel archive (search for ``testing to be implemented on ftp-master''). So you need to change woody to unstable (of sid) in your sources.list and to do and apt-get update. Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Today's woody update -- obsolete/local packages

2000-12-19 Thread Defresne Sylvain
les for contrib and non-free > are completely empty. I guess the process isn't complete. > > The suggested search didn't return any hits. See the followings article and follow-ups: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0012/msg00011.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0012/msg01640.html Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Is X using Xdefaults?

2000-12-21 Thread Defresne Sylvain
27;t use ~/.Xdeafults but ~/.Xresources under Debian. Nethertheless, to see the resources in use, type under X: xrdb -query Try also: wrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: VMware install in Potato trouble

2000-12-22 Thread Defresne Sylvain
nel-headers-2.2.17 package. Then you point VMWare to /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.17/ Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: help debugging a compiler error (cpp)

2001-01-05 Thread Defresne Sylvain
ib/i386-linux/2.95.2/cc1plus There should be a problem with your installation of gcc like the gcc output is indicating. Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: runlevels/boot stuff

2001-01-05 Thread Defresne Sylvain
ye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: package searching & soundcard issues

2001-01-07 Thread Defresne Sylvain
sts/unstable). Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: implicit lock in formail

2001-01-08 Thread Defresne Sylvain
in three imaginary boys...) > > Thanks in advance, marco Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Grub vs LILO

2001-01-11 Thread Defresne Sylvain
to worry to launch LILO every time you install a new kernel for example). Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: default route

2001-01-12 Thread Defresne Sylvain
ually after the machine boots. > Lucky its not windows or i'd have to do it every day at least! :) > > thanks > -Matt -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: missing consoles

2001-01-14 Thread Defresne Sylvain
ter. i believe the problem started when i changed the > > default runlevel from > > > > id:2:initdefault: > > > > to > > > > id:5:initdefault: Right, you're problem is coming from here. This is not a problem caused by the scripts but by inittab. Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: SSH

2001-01-18 Thread Defresne Sylvain
going from the press coverage > on openssh.com) > > woody and or sid probably have openssh2.x however i don't use non stable > distributions so...i can't say for sure. I think, since ssh -V give this to me (I'm running sid) : SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090600f). -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: How to obtain a listing of packages installed that may be used to clone config

2001-01-20 Thread Defresne Sylvain
* hogan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've seen some vague reference to this before. But can't figure out when or > where. > > A friend is going to switch from Debian to Win2K (I know - completely evil) > for their cable modem sharing machine. I set up the Debian box and would like > to take a snap

Re: [Q]apt-get'ting x4 debs...

2001-01-20 Thread Defresne Sylvain
a file Packages.gz that indicate where the differents packages can be found. This file is located in : ftp://ftp.digex.net/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Problem with xterm

2001-01-20 Thread Defresne Sylvain
ed this strange behaviour ? Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: bad md5 checksum

2001-01-21 Thread Defresne Sylvain
cdimage.debian.org and at the pseudo-image kit (simply skip the use of the script and only use information about rsync to finish the download of your image). Bye -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: problem with new (unstable) xlibs

2001-02-03 Thread Defresne Sylvain
_i386.deb This problem should disapear when version of packages compiled with the new version of X get into woody ... Hope this help -- DEFRESNE Sylvain

Re: Advice needed to speed up very slow machine

2004-09-26 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
Hello Don, Maybe another suggestion (since you have 2 disks): install so that the most often used resources will be on one hard disk, and the swap on the other. ? But I'm wondering, will this really improve the speed of the OS ? Advanced users, please comment. Cheers, Sylvain. -- wxWi

Re: Not optimal display -> DRI activation with ATI Radeon 9000

2004-10-15 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
if it was present already in XF86Config, then... you could have a look at the latest X log file - I assume it is /var/log/XFree86.0.log - and check for error messages related to DRI. What does your log file say? Cheers, Sylvain.

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
all" to install the Knoppix to a hard drive. Knoppix is based on Debian, so I assume Roberto means "chroot install" using just your Knoppix CD, that's it. (Never tried it myself, though, I installed Debian from the internet, using 2 floppies.) Sylvain. -- wxWidgets config

Re: unable to find swap space signature

2004-10-15 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
mand 'swapon', perhaps you could try it as well. Cheers, Sylvain. -- wxWidgets config: WX 2.4.2 / GTK 2 / gcc 3.3.3 -- Lernu! http://www.lernu.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs

2004-10-15 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Friday 15 October 2004 22:57, linux wrote: > >Use "chroot install" to install the Knoppix to a hard drive. > >Knoppix is based on Debian, so I assume Roberto means "chroot install" > > using just your Knoppix CD, that's it. > >[..] Sylvain. &

Re: Not optimal display -> DRI activation with ATI Radeon 9000

2004-10-16 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
truction at > (http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html) or > it's not relevant to my problem? This site you indicated seems very good, that's all I can say. Do you know Armagetron? Does it work nice in your config? And the screen saver you've been tal

[d-i] Hard drive not detected (4GB) on IBM Thinkpad 560X

2004-06-28 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
)... I hope someone here could propose me something clever to try out. Thanks in advance! Sylvain. -- wxWidgets config: WX 2.4.2 / GTK 2 / gcc 3.3.3 La internacia lingvo: http://uea.org/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [d-i] Hard drive not detected (4GB) on IBM Thinkpad 560X

2004-06-28 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
ut my PCMCIA ethernet card is not recognized, so I intended to > use the future Sarge installer (that sees my network card fine)... More details: The card is a Mentor PCMLAN-100DL. The Sarge installer sees it using module 8139too. Maybe I could have this module loaded during the Woody installa

Re: [d-i] Hard drive not detected (4GB) on IBM Thinkpad 560X (SOLVED)

2004-06-28 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Monday 28 June 2004 17:58, Ketil Froyn wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:28:27 +0200, Sylvain Vedrenne [...] > > I'm stuck trying to network-install Debian [...] > > on an IBM Thinkpad 560X. [...] > > partman says something like "here are the partitions on yo

Re: [d-i] Hard drive not detected (4GB) on IBM Thinkpad 560X (resolved)

2004-06-29 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Monday 28 June 2004 22:23, Joey Hess wrote: > Sylvain Vedrenne wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm stuck trying to network-install Debian Woody (in order to install > > 'Unstable') on an IBM Thinkpad 560X. > > > > I'm using the 'boot

Re: Changing from testing to unstable.

2004-06-30 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
do so? In the first place, the package 'apt-listbugs' can help you avoid some critical bugs (those that are already known at the time you apt-get install ). http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apt-listbugs http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/apt-listbugs Cheers, Sylvain.

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Tuesday 20 July 2004 20:02, Bill Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:17:18 +0200 > > John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? > > > > As others in this thread have stated: > > Linux Is Not UniX ;) > > \sorry, couldn't help myself Lin

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-21 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
:in section "Miscellaneous": Debian GNU/Hurd -> http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/ Yes, GNU/Hurd is under active development: 'debian-hurd mailing list' -> http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/ I'm looking forward to the first 'stable' or &

Re: Beta4 Installer - Multiple Debian Versions?

2004-05-26 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
ly correct. KJ> KJ> o both 'sarge' and 'sid' Correct IMO, if you don't mind (or simply want to!) have some "unstable" packages on your system... KJ> KJ> o other KJ> KJ> Thanks for clarifying things, Non-newbies might want to add somet

Re: c++ hello world help

2004-05-26 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
Hello Kevin, You might find this page interesting: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/compilers.html It talks about standard ISO C++ and compilers. By the way, GCC sure is a good choice for learning (_and_ for much more!). Cheers, Sylvain. On Wednesday 26 May 2004 09:47, Kevin Mark wrote: KM>

Re: c++ hello world help

2004-05-26 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Wednesday 26 May 2004 22:07, Sylvain Vedrenne wrote: SV> Hello Kevin, SV> SV> You might find this page interesting: SV> http://www.research.att.com/~bs/compilers.html And this page is really worth looking at! http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html#simple-program Cheers,

Re: Qmail

2004-05-26 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
Hi, I don't know, but did you try % apt-cache search and % apt-cache search | grep qmail to find out? hope this helps. Sylvain. On Wednesday 26 May 2004 21:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Da> Does anyone know what the package name is for qmail on sarge? I have Da> tried to do an apt-

Re: sarge dvd iso

2004-06-10 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
alent document in English, Esperanto or whatever ;-) Cheers, Sylvain. Jacques wrote: Hi there, I'm a slackware user interested in trying Debian so I'm currently downloading the dvd iso from fsn.hu ftp site. 1. Can anyone let me know if this iso is an installable debian image ? I grabbed

Re: Debain+Fedora+Mandrake+Suse

2004-06-10 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
can share a single swap partition with all the distributions you'll be using on your machine. Cheers, Sylvain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debain+Fedora+Mandrake+Suse

2004-06-10 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
Sylvain Vedrenne wrote: Vijaya S wrote: Hi all, Can we have Debain , Fedora, Mandrake and Suse on one machine..? Any suggestions atleast some combo of them.. Regards, Vijaya Hello, Yes you can have Debian and other distributions on the same computer. You need to have several partitions on 1, 2 or

Re: No fonts/text in GTK2 apps

2004-06-11 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
rying to understand more about fonts, but I'm still weak at it. Is it that complicated? Honestly, I don't have time these days to find out more by myself. And you will agree with me that font problems are _very_ disturbing! => Could anyone give us a link to a good Fonts troubleshooti

Re: Gnome

2004-09-11 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
really empty?) And you ought to specify if you had X working before you instaled gdm. Cheers, Sylvain. > > Thanks in advance -- wxWidgets config: WX 2.4.2 / GTK 2 / gcc 3.3.3 La lingvo internacia: http://uea.org/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to obtain older package versions?

2004-09-18 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Debian:testing) Conf xserver-xfree86 (4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Debian:testing) And on http://backports.org, I don't see it in ...\xfree86\ Good luck. Sylvain. -- wxWidgets config: WX 2.4.2 / GTK 2 / gcc 3.3.3 La lingvo internacia: http://uea.org/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: How to obtain older package versions?

2004-09-18 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
, Apparently you can find xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-6.diff.gz on the mirrors, which I suppose can be used to install version 1-6 from another version using a diff, but I don't know how to do that. Good luck Andrei. http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/xfree86_4.3.0.dfsg.1-

Re: Suggestions Invited

2004-09-21 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
! ...And if you _really_ need Gnome 2.8, then: install Debian, go fishing ;-) and come back when Gnome 2.8 is available as a .deb package! Have fun whatever you choose. Sylvain. -- wxWidgets config: WX 2.4.2 / GTK 2 / gcc 3.3.3 La lingvo internacia: http://uea.org/index.html

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